WhenevertheymentionedMakola’snametheyalwaysaddedtoitanopprobriousepithet。Iteasedtheirconscience。Makolagavehimselfahalf-holiday，andbathedhischildrenintheriver。NoonefromGobila’svillagescamenearthestationthatday。Noonecamethenextday，andthenext，norforawholeweek。Gobila’speoplemighthavebeendeadandburiedforanysignoflifetheygave。Buttheywereonlymourningforthosetheyhadlostbythewitchcraftofwhitemen，whohadbroughtwickedpeopleintotheircountry。Thewickedpeopleweregone，butfearremained。Fearalwaysremains。Amanmaydestroyeverythingwithinhimself，loveandhateandbelief，andevendoubt；
butaslongasheclingstolifehecannotdestroyfear：thefear，subtle，indestructible，andterrible，thatpervadeshisbeing；thattingeshisthoughts；thatlurksinhisheart；thatwatchesonhislipsthestruggleofhislastbreath。Inhisfear，themildoldGobilaofferedextrahumansacrificestoalltheEvilSpiritsthathadtakenpossessionofhiswhitefriends。Hisheartwasheavy。Somewarriorsspokeaboutburningandkilling，butthecautiousoldsavagedissuadedthem。Whocouldforeseethewoethosemysteriouscreatures，ifirritated，mightbring？Theyshouldbeleftalone。Perhapsintimetheywoulddisappearintotheearthasthefirstonehaddisappeared。
Hispeoplemustkeepawayfromthem，andhopeforthebest。
KayertsandCarlierdidnotdisappear，butremainedaboveonthisearth，that，somehow，theyfanciedhadbecomebiggerandveryempty。
Itwasnottheabsoluteanddumbsolitudeofthepostthatimpressedthemsomuchasaninarticulatefeelingthatsomethingfromwithinthemwasgone，somethingthatworkedfortheirsafety，andhadkeptthewildernessfrominterferingwiththeirhearts。Theimagesofhome；